On November 11, 1942, an emergency report came from Europe. The German army sent "Zeppelin", "Seidlitz", "Europe", "Elbe", "Gneisenau"
"" and five other aircraft carriers, as well as a "Scharnhorst-class" battlecruiser, a "Deutschland"-class pocket battleship, an "Admiral Hipper"-class heavy cruiser, and sixteen ships participating in the escort
A huge formation composed of a Z-class destroyer, eighteen transport ships carrying Marine Corps officers and soldiers, and twelve landing ships suddenly appeared in the waters near Iceland in the North Atlantic. ""
The German naval aviation launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Air Force stationed in Iceland, successfully wiping out the U.S. military flying team on the airport runway that had a radar early warning system but neglected to take precautions. About ninety P40, P38, P39 fighter jets and more than eighty
The B17 and B25 bombers turned into blossoming bonfires.
With the air threat eliminated, German naval aviation bombers carried out indiscriminate bombing of Reykjavik Port, and then the German Marine Corps carried out landing operations.
The battleships, cruisers and destroyers in the German aircraft carrier formation opened fire and tried their best to suppress the counterattack of the American troops guarding the port. After a long and hard battle, at the heavy cost of two destroyers, two landing ships being sunk, and nearly 10,000 casualties of nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers, the Germans were completely wiped out.
More than 6,000 U.S. troops guarded the port and nearby coastal defense positions and fortresses, and the Nazi swastika flag flew high over Iceland.
After hearing about the attack on Iceland, the Allied naval commander, Admiral Cunningham, thought it was an attack by a German destroyer ship, and immediately sent a fleet to Iceland to expel the German navy. Only four hours after the fleet set out on the road, Hitler had already announced arrogantly in Berlin that Germany was under attack.
Under the attack of the navy's powerful aircraft carrier fleet, Iceland had become a new colony of Germany. Churchill was shocked when he heard the news. Worried that the fleet would be ambushed as it headed north, he immediately passed Admiral Cunningham and ordered the fleet to return.
Churchill immediately consulted with the British Field Marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Viscount Alan Broughton, the Commander of the Allied Air Force, Air Force General Arthur Tedder, and the Commander-in-Chief of the British and American Expeditionary Forces, Lieutenant General Eisenhower, who were meeting in the UK to predict the next move of the German army.
.At this time, news came again that the German air force had parachuted to the Faroe Islands and Shetland Islands. After fierce fighting, the German army occupied Grootenes and Torshavn.
In just one day, the Allies lost the important North Atlantic island chain. The next step is that the German Air Force will most likely use the Shetland Islands as a base to bomb the northern and central areas of the British Isles. The German Navy Wolfpack and surprise fleet will
Using Reykjavik Port and Tórshavn as bases, it blocks external traffic from the British Isles.
International public opinion was in an uproar. Both the Axis and the Allies agreed that this was a precursor to the German landing on the British Isles.
After studying the map, U.S. President Roosevelt discovered that the ocean from the southwest of Iceland to the North American continent was already flat, and that a German aircraft carrier formation might move south at any time and threaten the security of the eastern coastal areas of North America. Out of fear, he immediately held a transoceanic conference call with Churchill.
After the call ended, Roosevelt contacted Stalin via radio waves, who was commanding the operation in Kazan. Finally, he called the head of South China, An Yi, requesting South China to fully activate its production capacity and increase the supply of materials to the Soviet Union, so as to have a peaceful war in the severe cold winter.
The decisive counterattack drew the German army's attention back to the Soviet-German battlefield.
Before Roosevelt could take a breath, another piece of bad news hit him. The Japanese air force of the Templar Japanese-Mexico Allied Forces located at the Houston Air Force Base suddenly and frantically attacked the Oak Ridge area of Tennessee. Although it shot down half of the opponent's bombers on the way,
In the end, twenty-eight B17 bombers came over Oak Ridge.
Tens of thousands of tons of exploding aerial bombs and incendiary bombs caused fatal damage to the uranium isotope separation plant that the United States had just completed. A large amount of radioactive elements were exposed to the air. More than 2,000 people working in the Black Oak Ridge Valley
Civilian researchers, more than 3,000 military personnel, and more than 60,000 migrant workers and their families were all contaminated by high-intensity radiation. Within a month, more than 70,000 people died tragically with skin ulcers all over their bodies.
Since the United States has previously lost the University of Chicago atomic reactor in Illinois and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the United States has suffered heavy losses in scientific researchers and scientific research materials. Now it is experiencing bombings without warning. The United States responsible for atomic research
Almost all the scientific research personnel were lost, and they had to find another place to hire scientists to start the "Manhattan Project".
An Yi, who arrived in Vladivostok at 11 o'clock in the morning on the 12th, did not know that the United States' "Manhattan Project" had been sabotaged by the Japanese army, and that the Japanese army had begun to build a project in Darwin Port, Australia, through captured atomic scientists and seized American research materials.
The uranium isotope separation plant has already caused certain damage to international security.
After An Yi received Roosevelt's telegram at the Vladivostok Airport and replied to the agreement, he immediately met with Mu Zhuiyi, Li Fuqiang, Han Xianzhi, An Mingqi, Dong Jinming, Pei Yannian, He Yifei, Tang Wen, Xia Yuling, and Li who came to pick him up.
Xiao, Lei Dong and other generals returned to the headquarters of the military region to hold a military intelligence analysis meeting.
Mu Zhuiyi can be said to be the oldest member of the Anjia Army. When An Yi served as the engineer battalion commander and commander of the second company, Mu Zhuiyi was the instructor of the second company, and his qualifications were the same as those of Yang Fei, Lu Guang, Xia Jian and others.
As old as he was, he was tepid and willing to be a stepping stone, moving wherever needed. He worked with the commanders Gu Changfeng, Xia Jian, and Cheng Guang successively. Later, after the An family army established a foothold in Xufu, he served as the commander of Jiang Defense for a long time.
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff.
The Mongolian Military Region was established at the end of 1937. In order to strengthen its leadership, Mu Zhuiyi was ordered to be transferred north to serve as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the military region. Since Yin Jinan was also responsible for civil affairs, Mu Zhuiyi was actually exercising command over the army. Earlier this month, Mu
Recalling his meritorious service, he was promoted to general and served as commander of the newly formed Andong Military Region.
The temporarily established Andong Province covers a vast area, including the liberated Binhai, Khabarovsk, Amur and other places. As Hu Jiyang's tribe has successively recovered Ayan, Okhotsk and Magadan Port, it may also include Kamchatka in the future.
Magadan, Chukotka and other regions. When the time is ripe, this province may be divided into several provinces, but currently there is not much population, and it is enough to have one province in the Far East, which is almost a large construction site.
After internal adjustments, the Andong Military Region has seven armies in total: the 31st, 33rd, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st. In addition to Mu Zhuiyi
In addition to the general serving as commander, the newly promoted General Li Fuqiang, one of the founders of the Anjia Army special forces, serves as political commissar, Lieutenant General Hu Jiyang, who is leading the northern expedition, serves as deputy commander, and Lieutenant General Han Xianzhi serves as chief of staff and former instructor of the northbound detachment.
Lieutenant General An Mingqi was transferred to the local area and served as governor of the newly established Andong Province, and also served as deputy political commissar of the military region.
Since the Andong Military Region is basically composed of troops under the jurisdiction of the Mongolian Military Region, the size of the Mongolian Military Region, which is now facing a sharp reduction in defensive pressure, has naturally shrunk. Former Northward Detachment Captain Lieutenant General Tang Honglei was transferred to the political commissar of the military region, Lieutenant General An Chunlu, Deputy Commander, and Lieutenant General Zhang Jie
He served as chief of staff and Lieutenant General Yang Chao served as deputy political commissar. The military region had five armies under its jurisdiction: the 34th, 35th, 36th and 42nd, and the 43rd. Since the Northeast and Far East had already been liberated at this time,
, the troops are mainly deployed in Sui, Cha, Re and other places outside the pass. ("")
An Yi took a break from busy work these days, hanging out with a few confidantes every night. Han Yu and Zhou Xuan, who were traveling with the cultural troupe, also joined the hot spring bathing group. Their graceful singing voices floated beside the hot spring pool, allowing An Yi to enjoy it.
A life lived by an emperor.
However, he did not dare to relax. Yesterday morning, An Yi personally awarded honors to the officers and soldiers who had won special merit, first-class merit, the *** Medal, the Medal of Patriotism and the Medal of Freedom at the Zichengtai Camp in Busan, and delivered a speech in public,
Encourage the officers and soldiers to continue their efforts and achieve new feats for the country and the people.
After the medals were awarded, An Yi returned to the headquarters with the generals of each group army who wore shining medals on their chests for a meeting. At the meeting, he formally represented the Military Commission and the three headquarters and announced the latest personnel transfers:
From now on, the Korean Peninsula will be officially renamed the Dahan Peninsula. Wang Xulun, commander of the First Army, will be promoted to general and assume the position of commander of the newly formed Dahan Army; Lieutenant General Jin Hongmo, commander of the 32nd Army, will be transferred to a local area and serve as the first administrative head of the Dahan Special Administrative Region.
, concurrently served as political commissar of the Han Army; Min Jingxian, commander of the Second Group Army, was promoted to general and served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Han Army; Lieutenant General Cai Shaohua, political commissar of the first group army, was changed to commander of the group army, and Lai Zhengyuan, political commissar of the second group army, was changed to the group army
Army commander, Lieutenant General Hong Yupu, political commissar of the 32nd Army, was renamed Army Commander...
With this foreshadowing, An Yi announced the list of three troops stationed in the Han Peninsula. The First, Second and Thirty-second Army Groups were selected, and nine new divisions were selected for short-term training in Syria after the Hanzhong camp was disbanded.
Among them, three divisions will be transferred to the Dahan Military Region. At the same time, the Military Commission authorized the Dahan Military Region to recruit three divisions from the Northeast and local people to recruit new ones from the old to form mountain troops that can adapt to the climate and terrain of Northeast and Andong to adapt to the mountainous terrain here.
environment.
From now on, the First, Second and Thirty-second Group Armies will be organized into six divisions, so the number of troops in the peninsula will reach 18 divisions. Together with the stationed air force and second artillery troops, it will be enough to deal with three times our own force.
Troop landing operations.
Before the results were announced, An Yi had a frank conversation with Gu Changfeng, saying that the six newly formed mechanized divisions in Xinjing would give priority to supplementing the remaining six group armies of the First Front Army, and these six armies would become
With the new organization of two motorized infantry divisions, one tank division, and one armored division, each army group can take on its own role, and its combat effectiveness has only increased compared to now. Gu Changfeng smiled happily and expressed his obedience to the order.
In fact, Gu Changfeng also knew that as a senior officer, it was taboo to hinder the progress of his subordinates. Wang Xulun and Min Jingxian were both qualified, so it was logical for them to be promoted to full-time generals.
Wang Xulun and Min Jing were surprised and happy at first. What was surprising was that although An Yi had sounded the alarm before and would leave the main force to stay on the peninsula, they never expected that it would be the turn of the first and second armies with outstanding combat capabilities.
The daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law, and now she can finally stand out among the army-level generals and become one of the few top generals in the Anjia Army. This represents the recognition of An Yi and the organization.
According to the deployment of the Military Commission, Gu Changfeng rushed to Central Asia in advance to serve as the commander of the newly formed Central Asian Theater. Once the southern Western Front begins, the army will directly enter Europe to fight with the consent of the Soviet Union. The first target
As for Stalingrad, the remaining four armies in the peninsula, plus the seventh and eighth tank groups stranded in the northeastern region, will all be withdrawn to the Central Asian theater before the end of the year.
After deciding on the issue of garrisoning troops in the Dahan Peninsula, An Yi once again, in the name of the Military Commission, ordered the 22nd Northeast Army to stay, the 44th Army to be reorganized from the split of Lu Yixuan, plus nine second-class troops.
division and six armed police divisions to form the Northeast Military Region. Yang Guan served as commander and political commissar, continuing to eliminate traitors and bandits in the area, and organizing technological transformation and expansion of production in factories and mines.
Back to the main story, after the military intelligence analysis meeting was held in the headquarters building of the Anton Military District in Vladivostok, An Yi briefly introduced the North Atlantic offensive launched by the Germans and asked everyone what they thought about it.
Mu Zhuiyi smiled faintly: "This is obviously a trick played by the Germans. They don't know that we have advanced satellites, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, and airship surveillance, trying to create the illusion that their next main attack direction is to land on the British Isles. This trick
Hitler used it when he attacked the Soviet Union, how could we be fooled?"
Li Fuqiang also smiled and said: "I have read relevant information from the General Staff Intelligence Department. The German army has deployed up to 1.5 million troops in France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway and other places, but in areas bordering us, there are
There are six million troops deployed. This simple numerical comparison is enough to explain everything. Hitler doesn't think we will make the same mistakes as the Soviets, does he?"
An Yi nodded and then asked:
"What do you think of the Soviet army's winter counterattack? The Soviet Union used all available human resources and barely scraped together eight million troops, preparing to launch a full-scale counterattack during the coldest time next month to retake Moscow in one fell swoop! Due to the mineral
A large number of areas and military factories have fallen, and the Soviet army has basically lost the ability to supply itself. Its weapons and equipment are almost all of our South China standard... Do you think there is hope for the Soviets?"
Han Xianzhi said: "Whether the Soviets will retake Moscow depends on whether the German army will launch an attack on us. The German army and its slave army number about 13 million, that is to say, in Moscow and Stalin
The German army also deployed at least five million troops in Gullah and other surrounding areas.
"The problem of the German army is that the front is stretched too long. After four consecutive years of war, the combat supplies accumulated by the Germans can no longer meet their huge consumption. Although they have received a large amount of supplements from operations in France, Belgium, the Soviet Union and other countries,
It still cannot meet the needs of its rapidly expanding troops and continuous operations! Once the German army launches an attack on us, the Soviet-German battlefield will inevitably be short of supplies. In this cold winter, any reduction in supplies may cause fatal damage to the frontline war.
, the Soviets can take this opportunity to retake Moscow and restore the front line to the situation in May this year!
"Actually, we also have this problem. In a sense, we are worse than the Germans because our industrial base is much worse than Germany! But fortunately, our opponents have never been strong. When we attacked
Central Asia has the support of the Anton Republic. At the same time, the opponent is the Soviet army, which has suffered a serious decline in combat power after the suppression of counter-revolutionaries. Later, it attacked Afghanistan, Persia, India, and West Asia. It basically succeeded in supporting war with war, and captured more than it paid.
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"Most of the industrial bases we built in Central Asia and India were put into production shortly after the war. During this period, through transactions with the United States and Germany, we obtained a large number of machine tools and production lines, plus our unique pure oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking method
This reduces our steelmaking costs by 60%, speeds up production by three times, and increases the utilization rate of ore raw materials by 80%, making us stronger and stronger. Coupled with a steady stream of human resources, and an increasingly abundant supply of minerals and energy, we
Our development is rapid!
"Once the German army invades in the future, we will fight on the inside. Coupled with the railway and road construction over the years, as well as the great development of our sea routes and air transport, the possibility of successfully resisting the German invasion is extremely high! If the Soviet army at this time
If the counterattack is sharp and powerful, the Germans will encounter unprecedented troubles, and it is unknown whether they will turn from prosperity to decline."
An Yi was very happy and was sincerely proud of the growth of his three favorite generals, Mu Chuiyi, Li Fuqiang, and Han Xianzhi. These three generals did not have high educational levels at the beginning, but in the revolutionary melting pot of Anjiajun, the three generals became
They first solved the problem of literacy, and through repeated sand table exercises, their strategic and tactical literacy improved rapidly. After that, they all had the experience of teaching and studying at the Nanjing Central Military Academy and Xufu Military Academy, and in recent years they have served in the Xinjing National Defense Academy many times.
Studying at university broadens your horizons and thinking, and you truly grow into a general.
Just as the generals were whispering in the conference room, and An Yi saw that no one wanted to take the initiative to speak anymore, and wanted to comment on the three people's speeches, Shen Fengdao hurried into the conference room and handed him an urgent telegram.
This was a piece of information excerpted from a Japanese radio news program. An Yi was very surprised after reading it. He pondered for a moment and handed the message to the curious Mu Zhuiyi. Then he asked the generals to pass it to each other after reading it, and then said: "Everyone said
Say, what does it mean that Kanji Ishihara, who served as chief of staff for five years, was deprived of his post by the Japanese emperor Hirohito? According to this intelligence, it seems that our defeated general Hideki Tojo took over the post of chief of staff... Could it be
The little devil has changed his policy again and wants to invade our country again?"
Mu Zhuiyi nodded heavily without thinking too much: "This possibility is not small. Tojo Hideki was a fanatical militant who advocated aggression and expansion against China. He successively participated in the attacks on Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan.
In the war of aggression, he later led his troops to attack Shanxi. Although he was defeated, he stayed dormant for several years under the aura of Ishihara Wanji after returning home. Now that he suddenly occupies a high position, he must want to do something.
"What can be a better proof of his military commanding ability than the successful counterattack on the mainland? Ishihara Kanji has just suffered a disastrous defeat on the mainland. If Tojo Hideki can succeed, his reputation will suddenly rise. If he fails, he will
There is nothing to lose. After all, Ishihara’s failure preceded him. He has many reasons to excuse himself. The worst he can do is change his ways and find a new opponent... The new official has three things to do when he takes office. We must pay attention to strengthening our defense!"
An Yi stood up, paced back and forth, and after a while said decisively: "Let's adjourn the meeting. Today's welcome luncheon is cancelled... I will call the three generals Gu Changfeng, Wang Xulun and Yang Guan later to discuss it.
The war situation, and at the same time, Vladivostok, Soviet Port, Temple Street and other ports under the jurisdiction of our Anton Military Region may all be coveted by the Japanese army. I will not leave everyone behind. I will prepare for the war when I return and we will gather together when the situation is stable.
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"yes!"
All the generals stood up together, saluted An Yi, and then stood down one by one.
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ps: There are a lot of things that need to be explained in this chapter, so please forgive me for the late update!